Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-09-08
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
An Interesting Summary of the
important Occurrences OF
the Week.
A Budget Of News Cleaned From III
Latest Dispatches From Far
and Near.
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"A terrible disaster occurred in England by
the burning of theatre at Exeter during the
play of ssRomany Rye" The occupants of
the pit, after an awful struggle, escaped, but
many Of them greatly injured. There was
only one exit from the gallery and the crush
there was terrific Scores were trodden under
foot and suffocated A fire escape was brought
to q window and many inside were rescued.
Sixty corpses have been removed The NOR
tality is estimated at 1G0 The widest con-
sternation prevailed.
Myrtle Watson, years old, died at As
sumption, Illinois, from eating poisonous
sugar coated pills.
"A prominent Boston actress, Mrs J. r.
Vincent, died of apop'exy.
in Columbus, Ohio c. a. Binkley, a
drulnmer employed by ST. Louis medic ne
factory, took an overdose of morphine, and
died.
While cleaning gun with the muzzle
against his side, near Fort Wayne, Indiana,
Edward Hermanheiner was instantly killed by
the accidental discharge of the weapon.
The ninth international medical congress
was in session at Washington. Fully 5000
doctors We're present nine-t tenths of whom,
were Americans. or the 80 or 40J for
eigners present there were Englishmen,
Italians, Turks, Persians, Russians, No,we-
gians and Swcdes, with Frenchmsn, Danes,
Germans, Servians, Mexicans and South
Americans. The session was opened by a
welcoming and complimentary address by
President Cleveland
The average yield of winter and spring
wheat and oats, as shown by threshing, is re-
ported as follows: 1llinois-wlntsr wheat, Il
bushels per acre; oats, 20 bushels Indiana
winter wheat, 10 bushels; oats, 3G15 bush
els. 1owa-winter wheat, Is bushels; spring
wheat, 1315 bushels; oats, SO bushels Kan.
sas-winter wheat 131f bushels; oats, 25s5
bushels. kentucky-winter wheat, 10 bush
oils; oats, % l-G bushels. Miunesota-sprlne
wheat, 13 bushels; oats, 35 bushels, and two
counties report failure of the spring whea,
crop. Mis- souri-wintcr wheat 10 bushels
oats, 81 bushels. Misunderstanding wheat
IA bushels; winter wheat 22ll bushels
oats, 81 bushels. Ohio-winter wheat, Il
bushels; oats, 50 bushels Dakota-sprine
wheat, AZ bushels; oats, 50 bushels.
Mrs. rank Rand, missionary, has re.
turned from the Caroline islands in The India,
ocean, for tho purpuse of reporting to III.
board of fore gn missions, at Boston, the
| facts concerning ouirages TO which American
missionaries on the islands hayo been sub
jected by the Spaniards, who lately took pos
| session. The American board established
the mission in the Caroline islands thirty
| five years ago. Mrs. Rand and her husband
went there from Carthage, Illinois. in 1874,
and were afterwards joined by Miss jennie
Fletcher, of tho same place, WAC is still
| there.
| Herman Guenther fatally shot George
Moore, of Company B, Third infantry, a
Missoula, NJ. T., and then shot himself
through the head. Guenther died instantly
and Moore lived but short time. Guenthel
formerly belonged to company al Fort Shaw
| Moore had just returned from Fort Smelling
whore he rcpi esented company B in the do
partment rifle competition. The supposed
cause of the tragedy was Guenther's jealous,
Of his wife, Kate and Moore. Guenher was
n notorious character at NJ ssoula He was
discharged soldier, Swele, who hal mar,
rod colored woman, and was proprietor o.
a low house of prostitution.
Madison, Wisconsin, has appointed
committee of a hundred citizens, representing
all political parties except Fairchild and til,
ralsies, to make arrangements for the presi
dents reception. The pres;d ntial party vii
arrive Mt Madison on the 9th and remain til
| the 9th of October